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ESCAPE FROM FRAMES

According to Anne Williams, Jigsaw Puzzles, An Illustrated
History and Price Guide, Milton Bradley produced travel game kits for soldiers during the
American Civil War. The company has produced many different lines of puzzles, including Bradley's,
Piedmont, Beach, Chevy Chase, Buckingham, Etonian, Sheffield, Strand, and, of course, the familiar
MILTON BRADLEYTM or "MB"TM line. The company has been a division of HASBRO, INC.TM since 1987 or 1988.

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Gig or Big Eyes or Tykes

In his book "Just Above
The Mantelpiece: mass-market masterpieces", Wayne Hemingway classifies the works of Michel Thomas
as part of the "Big-Eye Movement ". They began, according to him, in North Beach (San Francisco)
in California at the end of the 50s. In the United States, the principal representatives of this
genre were: Dallas Simpson, Igor, Gig, Eve, Mikki, Maio, Lee Eden and Ozz Franca. In Europe: Idylle,
Betty Raphael, Cominoff and Genet. Michel Thomas is undoubtedly most prolific and worthiest artist
of this kind in France.

I'm not sure if there is a series name. I think there were at least three series, in fact. Two
series apparently were issued in 1968, art by "GIG"[?]; another, Lee, was published about 1970,
with the series title, "Tykes". All these were (and are) sentimental favorites:

Series 4182, TYKES, 1970, approx. 500 pieces
A Bargain [no. 4182-3 - "MSS"]
A Love Song
Take One Home [no. 4182-2 - "MSS"]
boy and dog in the rain ["MSS" writes to tell us the title is "No Bites Today" - 29 October 2009]